MrLLM@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhich computer-related belief do you hold without any foundation?message-squaremessage-square128linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareWhich computer-related belief do you hold without any foundation?MrLLM@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square128linkfedilink
minus-squarebaines@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoit’s because most errors are software state issues and those kinda people never ever power cycle regardless of what they claim source: 7 years of phone tech support
minus-squareNoam_Calhoun@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoI used to be nice and not remotely restart their machine without telling them. Used to be.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoThat’s because they think logging off or turning the monitor off/on is the same as restarting, or, in the case of laptops / rackmount KVMs closing the lid and reopening
it’s because most errors are software state issues and those kinda people never ever power cycle regardless of what they claim
source: 7 years of phone tech support
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I used to be nice and not remotely restart their machine without telling them. Used to be.
Channeling the BOFH.
That’s because they think logging off or turning the monitor off/on is the same as restarting, or, in the case of laptops / rackmount KVMs closing the lid and reopening